Ronnie was sitting on the hospital bed while the doctor carefully pulled out the fragments and disinfected the wounds. Tyler was standing with his back towards her.
“I’m really sorry” he zei for the umpteenth time.
“Yeah, I got that from the first zillion times” Ronnie zei with a small voice. “Ouch”
“Please sit still, I don’t want to make these wounds any worse” the doctor said.
“Right, sorry” Ronnie said. When all fragments were removed and all wounds disinfected the doctor turned around at Tyler.
“Can u leave us alone for a second?” he asked.
“Yeah, sure” Tyler said, wondering why though. “I’ll just wait outside, okay?”
“Maybe u can go back to the Grill, where u zei you’d go as soon as I got here?” Ronnie zei a little nervous. If only one dollar was missing…
“Hey, u can’t blame me for wanting to make sure you’re okay” Tyler replied.
“You’re a sweetie” Ronnie zei sarcastic. “Now off u go”
“Yes, ma’am” Tyler zei and he left the room.
The doctor turned back at Ronnie. “I take it he’s the reason you’re injured?”
“Yeah” Ronnie zei careless.
“You know I have to meld it when patients are being violated, whether it be door their boyfriend, their father of a stranger” the doctor continued. Ronnie turned around quickly.
“No! u can’t meld Tyler! It was totally my fault! I forced myself on him!” she zei desperate. “If anything I violated him”
The doctor raised his hands. “Okay, then I won’t” he said. “But I hope u come to your senses. There are too many jerks like that walking around free, because women like u are too afraid to stand up to them”
“Tyler is not a jerk” Ronnie zei getting angry. “And I am not afraid” she added soft.